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Design support program and design support method

US7440880B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 2005
Grant dateOct 21, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00599
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer readable design support program for inspecting a processing operation of software that controls a sheet conveyance mechanism by displaying the behavior of feeding a virtual sheet from a virtual sheet stock portion on a display portion, includes a sheets number setting procedure of setting the sheets number of virtual sheets stored in the virtual sheet stock portion, a sheet feed display procedure of displaying the behavior of feeding the virtual sheet from the virtual sheet stock portion on the display portion, a stored sheets number subtraction procedure of subtracting the stored sheets number of virtual sheets corresponding to the virtual sheet stock portion to which the virtual sheet is supplied in the sheet feed display procedure, a judgment procedure of judging whether or not the virtual sheet is used up in the virtual sheet stock portion where the stored sheets number of virtual sheets is subtracted in the stored sheets number subtraction procedure, and a paper out display procedure of displaying on the display portion the paper out on the virtual sheet stock portion for which it is judged that the virtual sheet is used up in the judgement procedure.

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